Robert D. Stacey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor ◊ Robertson School of Government ◊ Regent University
1000 Regent University Dr. ◊ Virginia Beach, VA 23464 ◊ 757-226-4138 ◊
Education
· University of Virginia, Ph.D. in Government, 1999. Dissertation Topic: Movement vs. Counter-movement: The Religious Right and the Progressive Education Movement.
· University of Virginia, M.A. in Government, 1994. Thesis Topic: Puritan Influence on the American Founding.
· University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1991. Major in Political Science and minor in English. Cum laude. Senior Thesis Topic: The Role of Virtue in the American Republic.
Academic Experience
· Regent University, Associate Professor, Robertson School of Government, 2006-present. (Director of Terrorism and Homeland Defense track.)
· Patrick Henry College, Department Chairman, 2001-2006; Associate Professor, Government, 2004-2006; Assistant Professor, 2000-2004.
· Pepperdine University, Washington D.C. Summer Internship Program, Instructor, Political Science, Summer 2002.
· Lee University, Assistant Professor, Political Science, 1999-2000.
· University of Virginia, Summer Session Instructor, Government and Foreign Affairs, 1999.
· University of Richmond, Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science, 1998-1999.
· Hampden-Sydney College, Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science, 1997.
· Hollins College, Instructor, Political Science, 1995.
Publications
· “Review of The Lesser Jihad: Recruits and the Al-Qaida Network,” CHOICE Reviews. Forthcoming.
· “Reading the Tea Leaves in Iraq,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 2007.
· “Review of Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty and the Courts,” CHOICE Reviews. September 2007.
· “Review of Radical Conservatism: The Right’s Political Religion,” CHOICE Reviews, April 2007.
· “‘Prosecuting the Starz!' It could be the next big hit for reality TV,” The Press of Atlantic City, March 2007.
· “Review of The Truth About Leo Strauss,” CHOICE Reviews, February 2007.
· “Other Voices on Iraq: A Distorted Use of NIE Report,” Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), October 2006.
· “Not the Economy, Stupid, It’s Morality,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2006.
· Freedom’s Foundations: A Virtual Reader [CD-ROM], editor, Patrick Henry College, 2004.
· Sir William Blackstone and the Common Law, Alliance Defense Fund, ACW Press, 2003.
· Initiative and Referendum in Virginia, Publius Institute Report, co-author, 1994.
Awards and Honors
· Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Honoree, Ninth Edition, 2006-2007 and Seventh Edition, 2002-2003
· Outstanding Faculty Nominee, State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, 2004
· Outstanding Professor Award, Delta Gamma Sorority, Zeta Gamma Chapter, 1999
· Olin Fellowship, 1998
· Bradley Foundation Fellowship, 1991-1997
· Salvatori Fellowship, Heritage Foundation, 1996
· Raven Society, University of Virginia
· Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
Invited Lectures and Seminars
· Regent University Oxford Summer Program. Instructor: Terrorism and the West, Hertford College, Oxford, 2007.
· Statesmanship Institute, The D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship, Washington, D.C., 2003-2007.
· Generation Joshua Teen Leadership Summer Camp, Purcellville, Virginia, 2004.
· Inaugural Alexis de Tocqueville Society Lecture, Purcellville, Virginia, 2004.
· Blackstone Fellowship Program, Alliance Defense Fund, 2003 and 2002.
· Teen Pact Lecture, Purcellville, Virginia, 2000.
· Friends of the Louisa County Library, Louisa, Virginia, 1996.
Selected Professional Development Activities
· Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2008.
o Accepted Panel Discussant: Strauss, Modernity and the Bible.
o Proposed Paper Topic: Of Republicans and Democrats: Congressional Oversight of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
· Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2007. Roundtable Presentation: The Politicization of Intelligence Since 9/11.
· International Intelligence Ethics Association Conference, Springfield, Virginia, 2007. Paper Topic: Deception and the Intelligence Process.
· Advancing CI: A National Security Imperative, National Counterintelligence Institute Symposium, 2006.
· American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2006. Panel Discussant: Moral Foundations of the American Republic.
· Office of the Director of National Intelligence Summer Seminar on Teaching Intelligence in American Universities, College Park, Maryland, 2005.
· i2 Analyst Notebook Software Level I Training, 2005.
· Central Intelligence Agency Seminar on Teaching Intelligence, Arlington and Langley, Virginia, 2004.
· American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2001. Chaired panel: Market Based School Policy.
· American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2000. Short Course Participant: Use of Film in Political Science Classes.
· Technology in the Classroom Workshop. Appalachian College Association. 1999.
· Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting, Boston, 1996. Paper Topic: The Religious Right Movement and Education Politics.
· Virginia Issues and Public Policy Conference, 1996. Paper Topic: Religious Right in Virginia State Politics.
· Curry School Education Conference, University of Virginia, 1996. Paper Topic: Religion and Public Education.
Selected Media Appearances:
· Quoted in front page stories appearing in New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times. Also quoted in numerous local, regional, national and foreign publications including The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly.
· Taped television interviews and segments for CNN’s Inside Politics and the Paula Zahn Show, as well as local CBS, NBC, and ABC affiliates in Washington, DC and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
· Live and taped interviews for regional Washington, DC/Northern Virginia radio stations and the BBC.
Selected Related Experience
· Teen Leadership Camp: Strategic Intelligence, Director, Summer 2005.
· Private Class Instructor, 2004-2006.
· Albemarle County/Charlottesville Teen Pregnancy Prevention Joint Steering Committee, 1997-1998.
· Publius Institute, Senior Associate, 1994-1998.
· Journal of Law and Politics, University of Virginia Law School, Politics and Policy Editor, 1993-1996.
Professional Memberships
· American Political Science Association, member 1993-present.
· International Association for Intelligence Education, member 2005-present.